Year-on-Year
The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing continued to drop with an annual rate of -3.1 percent in May 2020. In the previous month, it declined at a faster rate of 3.3 percent. On the other hand, the PPI in May 2019 increased at an annual rate of 1.0 percent. (Table A)
The downtrend in PPI in May 2020 can be attributed to the decreases in the indices of 14 industry groups with leather products (-12.2%) and wood and wood products (-10.5%) posting double-digit decrements.
In contrast, furniture and fixtures, which increased by 21.4 percent, led the six industry groups that posted annual increments. (Tables A-1 and 1)
Month-on-Month
On a month-on-month basis, the PPI posted a slight decrement of 0.5 percent in May 2020, the same trend recorded in April 2020 with 0.6 percent and in May 2019 with 0.7 percent. (Table A)
Nine industry groups posted negative monthly growth rates in May 2020 with electrical machinery posting the highest monthly decrement of 5.3 percent. Furthermore, PPI for eight industry groups posted monthly increments while the rest had zero monthly growth rates. (Tables A-2 and 1)
DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General
- Introduction
- Method of Index Computation
Note:
Starting with January 2017 PPI, a link factor has been used to adjust weight effects to measure the correct price change.
- Computation of Growth Rates
Year-on-year growth rates are computed by dividing the current month index by the index in the same month of the previous year less 1.
Month-on-month growth rates are computed by dividing the current month index by the previous month’s index less 1.
- Imputation and Revision
Imputation is done for sample establishments that are in operation during the reference period but no received response during the release date. Results are revised accordingly when the actual data are received and these revisions are reflected in the next release.
- Industry Coverage
Starting with the January 2013 reference month, the PPI utilizes the 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC) to classify sectors and industries. Selected industry classes of the 2009 PSIC were grouped to form the 20 major industry groupings of the 2020 PPS. These are presented in the table below.
2009 PSIC CODE |
INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION |
---|---|
C10 |
Food manufacturing * |
C11 |
Beverages |
C12 |
Tobacco products |
C13 |
Textiles* |
C14, C152 |
Footwear and wearing apparel |
C151 |
Leather products |
C16 |
Wood and wood products* |
C17 |
Paper and paper products |
C18 |
Printing |
C19 |
Petroleum products* |
C20, C21 |
Chemical products* |
C22 |
Rubber and plastic products* |
C23 |
Non-metallic mineral products* |
C24 |
Basic Metals* |
C25 |
Fabricated metal products |
C262, C275, C28, C263, C268 |
Machinery except electrical* |
C261, C264, C27, C29301 |
Electrical machinery* |
C29 except C29301, C30 |
Transport equipment |
C31 |
Furniture and fixtures |
C265, C266, C267, C32 |
Miscellaneous manufactures |
* - Industry groups categorized into industry classes
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